citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 652 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Strip #3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Strip #3 shows 100% of 60 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2006-11-15, 19 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
1.39
dust max (mg/m3)
52 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 8 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Strip #3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 5.24 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
5.29
5.29
0.000
2002 *
3.18
3.18
0.000
2001 *
3.65
3.65
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2011
2
2010
3
2009
2
2008
10
2007
13
678
2006
22
42,783
2005
10
73,338
2004
9
59,175
2003
14
126,724
2002
24
146,086
2001
20
177,125
2000
6
47,063
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Strip #3 sits in Jefferson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jefferson County, Ohio · Population 64,855
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,983
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC PUT A ROLLER ON D-10L DOZER. HE WELDED A BOGIE PIN TO THE FRAME TO GET ROLLER UNDER MACHINE WHEN THE WELD BROKE WHILE HE WAS PUTTING THE ROLLER IN PLACE. THE RO LLER BOGIE FELL DOWN, PINCHING HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN THE BOGIE AND A ROLLER ON THE GROUND.
2002 · 1 incident
August 15, 2002OH · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE PIT TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL. HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM HITTING THE GROUND AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE HAD JUST FINISHED SETTING A WATER PUMP WITH THE HOE AND WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE HOE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LAND ON THE TRACKS WHILE CRACKING HIS RIB. HE THOUGHT THE RIB WAS ONLY BRUISED. AFTE R NINE DAYS HE WAS STILL FEELING PAIN AND WENT AND GOT THEM XRAYED ON 11-30-93. HE FOUND OUT AT THAT TIME THE RIB WAS CRACKED & FILED A REPORT.
1990 · 5 incidents
October 25, 1990OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE MACHINE AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE MACHINE HE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. AUGER WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FT OFF THE GROUND AT THE TIME. IT WAS A SL IGHTLY OVERCAST DAY.
October 19, 1990OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOAD AT DUSK AND WHILE BACKING UP HE BROKE OVER A SIN FOOT LEDGE LEFT FROM A BENCH FROM THE DAY SHIFT. WHEN HE WENT OVER THE LEDGE HE WAS THROUGH AGAINST THE SIDE OF TH E ROPS AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK. HE WAS NOT WEARING NO SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
April 14, 1990OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS FUELING UP A 6 INCH PUMP AND WAS SPENDING OR LEVEL GROUND. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INJURING HIS NECK, UPPER BACK AND LOWER BACK BY PULLING A MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF HIS MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED FELL INTO THE MACHINE SITTING BY HIS MACHINE. HE BRUISED HIS HIP AND ANKLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
TRUCKER WAS ON TOP OF HIS LOAD SMOOTHING IT OUT AND IUTELLING HIS TARP. FOREMAN NOTICED TRUCKER ACTING DISORIENTED, WENT OVER TO HIM AS HE BECAME UNCONSIOSIOUS. HE STEPPED BREATHING AND HE WAS APPLED CPR AND ARTICFICAL RESPIRATION UNTIL THE E-SQUAD ARRIVIED. HE DIED ABOUT 1-2 HOURS LATER IN THE HOSPITAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING UP WATER DISCHARGE HOSE WHEN HE & OTHER EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE HIGHWALL BEGINING TO FALL. THEY BOTH TOOK OFF RUNNING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WHEN I,NAME FELL AND HURT HIS LE FT KNEE CAP.
1986 · 1 incident
April 25, 1986OH · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WELDING A GUARD ON THE UNDERSIDE OF D-9-H DOZER-WAS PULLING SELF UP FROM UNDERNEATH WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO LEFT LEG AND CAUSED KNEE TO GO OUT OF SOCKET.